Odisha's COVID-19 caseload On Monday surged to 3,18,725, after 418 more people tested positive for the disease, while five fresh fatalities pushed the toll to 1,739, a health department official said.
Of the 418 new cases, 241 were reported from various quarantine centres and 177 detected during contact tracing.
Sundergarh recorded the maximum number of new cases at 41, followed by Angul at 34 and Mayurbhanj at 32.
Two districts -- Subarnapur and Boudh -- haven't registered any fresh case, he said.
Taking to Twitter, the health department said, "Regret to inform demise of five numbers of Covid positive patients while under treatment."
Khurda district recorded three deaths and Nuapada two.
Odisha currently has 5,677 active cases, while as many as 3,11,256 people have so far recovered from the disease.
Fifty-three COVID-19 patients have died of comorbidities, the official said.
The positivity rate stands at 5.4 per cent.
Over 59 lakh samples have been examined in the state, including 41,371 on Sunday.